CHAPTER 527: CHAPTER 470: ESCAPE

"The strength is surging."

Gray Rain rolled up her sleeves, clenched her fist, and flexed her biceps and triceps.

With a single thought, all her muscles and bones autonomously optimized, her body shape nearly reaching the perfect golden ratio. Even the little belly fat from overeating shrank back.

"Ha!"

Gray Rain lifted Li Cheng with both hands and began lifting him up and down like a barbell despite his protests, "With Sake by my side, Lao Cheng won’t fall."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Sake?"

Li Cheng scratched his head in frustration, jumped down struggling, handed a fiber-optic cable to Gray Rain, and sighed, "Why don’t you share my vision first, then try attacking the target wall?"

"Alright." Gray Rain tied the optical fiber to her hairpin, shared vision with Li Cheng, and then ran to the concrete target wall, taking a half step forward.

In the shared view, a full-frame transparent panel hovered, with information as vast as the sea, including but not limited to gravity coefficients, air density, the target’s internal stress, and selectable attack angles.

Once Gray Rain twisted her waist to assume a punching stance, the panel information quickly simplified, providing only the optimized trajectory for the punch and specific plans for limb-assisted force exertion.

Bang!

With a punch, a concrete target wall reinforced with metal fibers, capable of easily withstanding a 155mm shell, exploded with cobweb-like patterns, crumbling slowly like a signature slow-motion scene in a Zack Snyder movie.

"Phew."

Gray Rain blew away the dust from her fist, turned her back to the target wall, slightly raised her head to gaze at the lighting in the three-dimensional warehouse, and murmured softly, "This punch was for you, did you hear it, Ah Cheng?"

"??? I’m not dead yet. Are you trying to cash in on Lao Deng’s gold coins?"

Li Cheng twitched the corner of his eye, casually drew a Steel Banner Spear from thin air, spun it around his hand, "Try attacking me, don’t hold back."

"Are you sure?"

Gray Rain raised an eyebrow, pulled down the golden wire from her head, sticking it on her nose as if wearing decorative glasses without lenses, "I’m really strong right now."

"Just come at me."

Li Cheng held the spear in his left hand behind his back, made a beckoning gesture with his right hand, displaying a masterful demeanor.

"Alright then."

Without further ado, Gray Rain stomped the ground, her whole body darting forward like a leopard.

Li Cheng raised his spear to stab, using Multi-threaded Brain Domain Method + Instant Thunder + Knight Never Dies Unarmed, with the three skills overlapping, he wielded the spear like a Martial Arts Grandmaster, thrusting it straight at Gray Rain’s brow.

Being the toughest to take hits, Gray Rain’s physical resistance was maxed out, a mere headshot causing no damage.

Therefore, the spear pointed at the Silver Wing Light Path worn on her nose bridge.

The shared vision continued, and the Silver Wing Light Path greatly enhanced Gray Rain’s optical perception system along with other sensory organs, marking Li Cheng as an orange high-threat target,

analyzing frame by frame in milliseconds, deciphering the trend of his muscle contractions and relaxations, each of his movements, his micro-expressions, and pupil direction.

With this comprehensive information, predicting Li Cheng’s next move, even the various possibilities of the next ten moves.

Offering over a hundred combat solutions along with corresponding feasibility assessments.

Gray Rain’s left foot suddenly exerted force, the sole transformed into a suction pad, gripping the ground tightly, her whole body sinking down, dodging the Steel Banner Spear by a hair’s breadth.

Simultaneously, her right hand morphed into a blade, single-handedly piercing towards the hand gripping the spear.

Li Cheng decisively abandoned the spear, his hand probing downward to grasp Gray Rain’s wrist, with the other hand clenching a fist and striking out, incorporating a Condensed Qi Explosion.

The Silver Wing Light Path does not possess the scout and scan features akin to Information Integration Glasses, unable to see the player’s killing field hidden skill bar and backpack bar, therefore incapable of predicting the player’s unexpected moves.

A mischievous grin of success appeared on Gray Rain’s face, as the wrist held by Li Cheng rapidly melted, solidifying into a glove-like form, preventing his escape.

Simultaneously, a large hole melted in her chest, avoiding the Condensed Qi Internal Explosion Fist,

and with a toe-flick, she kicked up the dropping Steel Banner Spear, kicking the butt end of the spear forward for a stab.

Li Cheng had no choice but to retract his fist, activating the temporary skill Leopard Jump Double Jump, his body leaping sideways in a way that defies the laws of physics, activating Assembly Puppet mid-air to disassemble the bones under his skin, allowing his arm to twist 360 degrees.

Without employing equipment and items, Gray Rain surpasses the Level 21 basic Li Cheng.

After contemplating for a moment, Li Cheng took out the Liangyi Blade, gently slicing his chest to switch to an over two-meter-tall Insect Transformation Form, his voice muffled and gravelly, "Continue."

With a serious expression, Gray Rain saw Li Cheng’s color change from orange to red in the Silver Wing Light Path’s combat interface, more than doubling the threat level.

She released Li Cheng’s wrist, the skin on her chest, abdomen, and back folded and flipped, transforming into hexagonal rigid metal armor most capable of absorbing impact.

The elbows, knees, and ankles were altered into hollow spherical multi-degree-of-freedom joints.

Then... knee strike!

Gray Rain collided with Li Cheng like a cannonball, nearly a ton of mass combined with speed, despite Li Cheng using both hands to clamp Gray Rain’s thigh, he was still knocked back several meters.

The more information the Silver Wing Light Path collected, the more comprehensive the tactical strategy it offered. Suspended in mid-air at this moment, Gray Rain was half a head taller than Li Cheng, clasping her hands together and slamming them down like a chain hammer.

Clang——

The Mantis Arm Bone Blade unsheathed, sweeping upward, severing Gray Rain’s arms.

However, Liquid Metal is immune to physical attacks, immediately melting upon impact, seeping toward the air vents of the Insect Transformation form in its silver liquid state.

With a thought, Li Cheng’s air vents automatically closed, switching to a higher-consumption internal oxygen circulation mode. Crossing his arms, he swung the Bone Blade upward.

The Bone Blade sliced into the hard metal armor, sparking densely with scattered sparks, unable to cut through first time.

And most of Gray Rain’s body liquefied again, flowing along Li Cheng’s body, "penetrating" behind him, wrapping her arms around his neck to prevent him from using the energy attribute’s Dragon Breath skill, and pressing down forcefully.

This move resembles the neck-breaking guillotine in wrestling, and the Silver Wing Light Path, based on its limited information, speculated the general functionality of the Assembly Puppet and the strength limits of Li Cheng’s insect-transformed body, very certain that his brain indeed remains a human brain, still susceptible to enormous impact damage.

At a critical moment, the Floating Engine’s anti-gravity special effect activated, Li Cheng braced himself with one hand against the ground, relieving the downward force, countering with the move Riding the Tide, Wind, and Waves to blow Gray Rain away.

Understood it roughly.

Li Cheng twisted his slightly sore neck, noting that the Silver Wing Light Path appeared to only have one passive effect activated, seemingly somewhat humiliating, but actually quite fitting of an epic-level item’s positioning.

Gray Rain, as a Liquid Metal Robot leading Earth’s technology by thousands of years, fused with war technology from the Zelro Civilization and the essence plundered across the Star Sea by interstellar pirate Isaac,

has an exceptionally high panel on her own, but lacked suitable software drivers in the past, relying purely on instinct.

It’s analogous to strapping a smartphone to a stick and using it as a hammer.

Li Cheng assisted with his Assembly Puppet to install a CPU, initially unlocking part of the functionality. Now, with the Silver Wing Light Path equipped, she further reclaimed the power hidden within the nano intelligent machinery.

"Continue."

He swung the Mantis Arm Bone Blade, no longer deliberately suppressing strength, continuing sparring with Gray Rain.

Li Cheng refrained from using skills such as the Floating Engine, Ape-man Degeneration Gun, and Dragon Breath, while Gray Rain didn’t use Subtle Spirit Raid and Skull Shattering Power Hammer, resulting in a fairly even match——

The Silver Wing Light Path cannot liquify with her, which, while greatly enhancing, also adds a weakness.

"Like an awakening, suddenly enlightened. Like those wizard novels where, after a thousand Chapters, the protagonist finally becomes a Basic-level Wizard, and lights up the skill panel."

Li Cheng scratched his head, watching Gray Rain smugly toss barbells around like toys, feeling quite gratified internally.

At that moment, the long-awaited system prompt sound echoed suddenly,

[The task trigger condition has been met]

[Task Type: Script Task (Team)]

It’s here.

Li Cheng pursed his lips, calculating the time, indeed it was time for a script task.

At this moment, he’s equipped with one Legendary item, three Epic items, holding Dragon Breath in his left hand, summoning the Concept God Farmer with his right. Even a god, he’d demonstrate a kill if needed.

Riding high on success, confident and poised, until...

[Task Name: Escape from Loli Island]

"What the hell, system, are you messing with me?!"